The STAR TREK THE RETURN

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Summary: Nothing is impossoble,although some things are harder..
Review: As the red Queen said to Alice, "I try to believe at least six impossible things before breakfast." To me, that is always how Jim Kirk has opperated. Now, I know it for sure. This is a great book for anyone who knows the TNG and origional series charictors and is a believer. Of the trilligy, this is the easiest to read on it's own. And, all you TNG fans, NOT ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END!

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Summary: The penultimate Star Trek book.
Review: This book is what the movies should be like. No messing around here, just Kirk kicking butt. Nothing beats "seeing" a Defiant-class Enterprise, captained by Kirk, Spock, and Picard, leading a one-ship assault against the Romulans and the Borg at the Borg homeworld. After reading this and the other books in the series, I feel justified in seeing Kirk being taken out in such a mediocre way in "Generations".

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Summary: One of the best Star Trek book out.
Review: After the supposed death of Captain Jamest T. Kirk on the planet Veridian 3. The Next Generation crew go back to the planet to not only get the rest of the Enterprise-D, but to get Kirk's body but while they're there a space battle rages on and the enemy takes the body of Kirk so they can get rid of Captain Picard the the Federation for good.

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Summary: Excellent!!, this book was awesome
Review: I really believe that Star Trek The Return was one of the best books on Star Trek I have ever read. I couldn't put it down, I finished it in about 3 days. It is very interesting with all the plot twists, and events that are happening. I believe that it fits very well with the Star Trek universe. Very well done!!

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Summary: The book for which all others will be judged
Review: OK, I've read some of the other reviews and I'm sorry, but I don't put everything together as one collective and now say something can or can't happen. I look at them as individual stories, and this one takes the cake. If your a Kirk fan and a Picard fan, then this book is fantastic. I couldnt put it down and read over half of it in just one sitting. Some of the things were a little flakey, like McCoy still being alive and Kirk defeating Worf, but hey, thats why we call it Fiction. Top Honors for Shatner. Keep it up.

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Summary: Shatner changes the logic and furture of the Universe
Review: A page turning book, with many happy reunions, and crossover meetings you've always wanted to witness. The action has high speed, and interesting plot twists.

BUT: I cannot understand how Paramount possibly could have allowed anyone (even Shatner) to destroy the heart of Borg in a paperback book.

There has to be some consistency in the Star Trek Universe. The books, the series and the films. Which means that this destruction "actually" happend in the Star Trek universe. It can not be undone. The Borg are reduced to a weakend species, that now can be overcome by Starfleet anytime they feel like it.

All of the other books, films etc have to take these ideas of Shatner as facts now that they are published.

And then: with transwarp drive stolen from the Borg and installed in a Starfleet ship. And with the 100 year travel to the Delta Quadrant Borg HQ therby reduced to just 7 hours (in an 1996 book), how can Starfleet possibly let Janeway out there desperatly on her own? They can rescue her with no more effort than a weekend picnic in Iowa!!!

That are just two of the examples of how Shartner effected the logics and the future of our Star Trek universe. Our universe. Not his. By the way he carelessly tosses it around, I cannot escape the idea that he wouldn't mind at all, if it collapsed after his departure.

So: yes I like the book, the exiting pace of it, and especially the crossovers from the 3 series. But I cannot be content with the distruction of the inner logic of the Star Trek universe. Someone has to hold Shatner on a tight leash to prevent further harm.

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Summary: Disappointing sequel to "Ashes of Eden"
Review: Disappointing best describes my feelings upon finishing this "sequel" to "Ashes of Eden." The plot--in which the Next Generation's baddest "baddie," the Borg, team up with the baddest baddie still around from the original series, the Romulans--seems very unplausible given the nature of the Borg as depicted in the series and in film. Kirk also comes across as a very unreal character and many of his actions in the book are so implausible that it drags down the entire novel. I was hoping for a plot in which the Borg resurrected Captain Kirk to use him as a spokesperson for the Borg as they had used Captain Picard in "Next Generation." Instead I got a convoluted plot involving the Romulans that was very dissatisfying.

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Summary: All the STAR TREK worlds brought together in one story!
Review: William Shatner did a wonderful job with THE RETURN. It was a "page-turner".

The Original Series was brought together with the Next Generation, with a bit of Deep Space Nine thrown in for good measure. The Borg and the Romulans were there to menace Kirk and Picard. I liked it so much that I began reading the sequel, Avenger, the same night I finished The Return.

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Summary: This Book is great!
Review: I read this and the fact that kirk was able to defeat a Worf is the fact that kirk is tougher that you think ok so its a little unreal but hey it makes a good story and the fact he knew about holograms is he did come back from the energy ribbon to learn about the this of the future so he wasnt compleatly stupid and times change with the phasers some ships carry blue phasers the ENTERPRISE D carryed reddish orange phasers different ships different phasers

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Summary: Fun for Trek fans, but with a few flaws.
Review: This is a fun read for fans of Captain Kirk. If you're not a big Kirk fan, however, you may be a bit annoyed. In this story Kirk is strong enough to beat Warf in hand to hand combat and smart enough to utilize technology he has never used. Of course, the author is probably a little more fond of Kirk than the average reader. Overall, it is a good story, but in the end, the solution to the Borg threat is far to easily reached.